Easterday Dies From Crash Injuries In Thurmont
W W Easterday died of a fractured skull after an automobile crash five miles east of Graceham on a road to Rocky Ridge. His companion Clifford Clabaugh survived with a sprained ankle and bruises. The 1937 Chevrolet wreck was towed. speed reportedly near 92 mph. Easterday, born near Keedysville, was a longtime Thurmont store manager and insurance agent. He leaves Nellie Boyer Easterday, Billie, and brothers Hubert and Lester. Funeral Wednesday at 2 from Keedysville home.
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Ack County
City Hospital of
Ied
Shourt
Fear Thurmont
Clifford Clabaugh
Thurmont
Cattee
Easterday
Rocky Ridge
Graceham
Smcshed
HL Corp
W. K. May
Clabaugh
Creeger
Alt Thurmont
American Stores Company
Keedysville
Washington County
William BR. Easterday
Porterstown
Nellie Boyer Easterday
Billie
Westminster
Hubert
Baltimore
Lester
W. Willard Easterday
Rocky Ridge Road
Frederick City Hospital
$500000 Allotted For Work On C and O Canal
Washington Ort 2 A PWA allocation of 500000 for development and improvement of the old C. and O. Canal, now a Federal recreational area, was received by the Office of National Capital Parks. Surveying will begin tomorrow between Georgetown and Seneca Creek. The preliminary phase should take nearly a year with CCC enrollees at Carderock, Md. performing much of the labor.
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Washington
PWA
C. & O. Canal
Office of
National Capital Parks
C. Marshall Finnan
Georgetown
Seneca Creek
Finnan
CCC
Carderock
Answers to Cranium Crackers on Page Four
The page lists brief solutions for Cranium Crackers with short definitions. Annam is described as a state in French Indo China, the king expresses devotion not liable to failure, and rapport is defined as a harmonious relation.
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Annam
Murder Shocks Elkton Brother Charged After Fatal Shot
Elkton Md Oct 2 Sheriff Eugene Racine reported a warrant for John Goodyear 40 charged with fatally shooting his brother James 43 while James sat with their crippled mother in a first floor room. A double barreled shotgun fired through a window killed James as he sprawled onto his mother Mrs James Goodyear Sr who was unable to move. John was arrested near the home with a gun. The family offered no motive. The brothers had been out hunting squirrels the day before and appeared on good terms.
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Elkton
Mid
Eugene Racine
John Goodyear
James, Jr
James
James Goodyear
Racine
John
Accident case heard on Georgetown road near Hyattsville
On the Georgetown road near Hyattsville a head on collision injured several people. Norman W. Clark pleaded guilty to failing to keep right and reckless driving, with fines of 10 and 5 dollars. The crash involved a car driven by George C. Miller. investigation by Gaithersburg Corp and State Police.
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Hyattsville
Georgetown
Roger H. Geisbert
Urbana
Norman W. Clark
Airy
Clark
George C. Miller
Gaithersburg Corp
W. K. May
Germany Poland occupy newlands in Czechoslovakia
Prague October 2 armies of two neighboring powers moved along the Czechoslovak frontiers as Poland seized a border area at Teschen and Germany moved into a Sudetenland zone under the Munich agreement. Hungarian note affirms minority self determination as refugees flee toward Prague amid mounting Nazi control fears.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Teschen
Poland
Sudetenland
Munich
Hungary
Red Cross
Greater
Germany
Drunken Truck Driver Sent To Jail After CCC Roundup
Ten Civilian Conservation Corps campers at Fishing Creek were arraigned in Police Court on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. William E. Tucker, reported driver of one truck, faces 30 days jail or $100 fine for driving under the influence. Samuel Morrison got 15 days in jail or $10 fine. Five others drew four day sentences for similar charges. George Sherkiness and Mervin Sims were found not guilty after officers said they were not intoxicated and aided in rounding up others. Officers Don Six, Charles Burras, and Lieutenant Charles Blumenauer led the arrests.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Fishing Creek
Emmett R. Bowlus
Hquor
William E. Tucker
CCC
Samuel Morrison
William Hilton
Herbert Evans
Paul Bowman
Garrett Sistler
Frank Hurlock
George Sherkiness
Mervin Sims
Don Six
Charles Burras
Charles Blumenauer
New Unit Insignia Plans for Gettysburg ROTC
Revised plans for an individual unit insignia have been submitted to Washington for Gettysburg College ROTC. Initial metal and enamel lapel insignia designs were returned for minor alterations. The preferred design features a gray bullet with the college seal imposed upon it.
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Washington
Reserve Officers Training Corps of
Gettysburg College
Abandoned Homes In Motion After Sudden Evacuation
Residents fled their properties leaving belongings behind as they walked away. Some still carried personal possessions while others moved with haste, indicating a sudden disruption or danger prompting departure from the area.
Houck murder case opens as son charged in shooting
The Frederick County case centers on Curtis Houck 26 charged with murder after his father Raymond Michael Houck 49 died from gunshot wounds. Witnesses say a possible sleepwalking incident preceded the shooting in Woodsboro. Interment set for Hope Cemetery in Woodsboro.
Six Perish When Family Home Destroyed By Fire
Deep River Conn Oct 2 five children of Mr and Mrs Willis Beckwith perished in a house fire that also fatally burned the father who died hours later. The children were May Charlotte Irving Robert and Edward. Three siblings Lillian Bertram and Willis Jr escaped by jumping to a tree from a second floor window. Mrs Beckwith was tending her mother in a neighboring town at the time. Coroner Morris Wrubel said a kitchen stove explosion started the blaze.
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Deep River
Conn
Willis Beckwith
May
Charlotte
Irving
Robert
Edward
Lillian
Bertram
Willis
Answers to News I Q Four French army General Gamelin
The Q A covers five items. 1 is Maurice Gamelin, 2 refers to Patty Berg of Minneapolis, 3 points to the Foreign Office also a street name, 4 true, 5 lists Chamberlain Litvinett Ribbentrop as the figures involved.
Town Clerk Resigns Post At Brunswick
William R. Thompson, town clerk and treasurer of Brunswick, resigns due to ill health. Mayor Alfred Barvis accepted the resignation, to take effect October 24. Claude W. Lutman, a Brunswick resident, has been appointed and would assume duties that morning.
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William R. Thompson
Brunswick
Alfred Barvis
Thompson
Claude W. Lutman
Lutman
Brunswick council approves Lut appointment after resignation
A special meeting of the board and council convened to accept a resignation and appoint Lut to the vacant position. The event followed previous actions by the B of Brunswick and Litten Bros.
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Merly
B of Brunswick and
Litten Bros
Mrand
Lut
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W. W. Easterday
Witir
Son Stain
Lombardy
Tiver Po
Haly
Newlands
Bennett
Houck’s Funeral
Raymond Michael Houck
Woodsboro
Ams Hope Cemetery
Houck
Frederick City
Curtis
Sherman P. Bowers
Bowers
Curtis Houck
Harry UL. Houck
John Biehl
Lewistown
Powell and
Albaugh
Fairy Grounds
Frederica
Charles N. Daugherty
York
Mutual Insurance Company
Joe Basile
Madison Square Garden
White Brothers
Morris H. Wrubel
Beckwith
Colson
Mount's
Frederick
Park Ave
High School
Bennett's
Bennet
C. C. Carty
of the
Dolly Madison
Fashion
Delphey
C.E. Cline & Son
Cae
Cape Cod
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Mu
Hendrickson
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